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The ONE Technique That Every Guitarist NEEDS To Master (Including Beginners)
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Күн бұрынIn this episode I will show you The ONE Technique That Every Guitarist NEEDS To Master - MUTING Strings properly.
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@thehoser55 3 жыл бұрын
Paul Gilbert had a great tip to help practice this. He said to practice with your amp gain turned way up and try to play clean. The excessive noise will instinctively drive you to try to control the strings you don’t want to hear. Try this for a few days then try to go back to normal gain or clean and it will be so much easier to control. This type of practice finally got me to understand and incorporate string muting into my playing and that one thing alone made me sound a hundred times better.
@MultiCugel 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks! that's really usful to me, going to do that.
@ashamael 3 жыл бұрын
EXACTLY.
@miketeabag6501 3 жыл бұрын
Great tip, thanks 👍
@smoorej 3 жыл бұрын
Really good tip, thanks
@elbrayanqebinquispecondori 3 жыл бұрын
Sorry im not a native english speaker hahha, with gain you mean in the volume, dont you? Please it would be very useful, anuway thanks for the advice
@TomoFujitaMusic 3 жыл бұрын
Great lesson!! Thanks Rick!!
@charleskriefall8491 3 жыл бұрын
Great to see one master supporting another!
@rajabhcletus921 3 жыл бұрын
Another legend is here!
@juanluguitar 3 жыл бұрын
@TomoFujitaMusic I’m still struggling with “Just Funky “ rhythm, my problem is not muting strings properly, thanks Rick Beato for your lesson.
@davidcd9027 3 жыл бұрын
if you say that, must be
@monocyte2210 3 жыл бұрын
Hello sensei
@autodidacticprofessor869 3 жыл бұрын
This is such a big thing. One of the things I struggle with the most, is other strings ringing out when they aren't supposed to be. It's annoying and I totally agree that it's an underrated skill that needs to be worked on.
@qdoyle81 3 жыл бұрын
Try holding power chords with your index finger on the low string and just your pinky on the higher two instead of pinky and ring finger. The way you have to hold your hand in order to keep the pressure on the strings forces you to mute the strings you don't want to play. Or that works for me, anyway.
@jennycraigadventures3314 3 жыл бұрын
@@donmackie6086 For me, palm muting when pick individual notes is tough
@alexmanujlov 3 жыл бұрын
Playing "Can't Stop" by RHCP really helped me to improve in muting.
@lozo2331 3 жыл бұрын
Same! Really helped me grow as a player.
@MrQwerty1242 3 жыл бұрын
A string muting masterclass!
@xtaicho2842 3 жыл бұрын
Same! I recommend "Give it away" for another challenge :D
@DesSherwoodGuitarTuition 3 жыл бұрын
Yes! That's a great one to help with muting! Can't be done otherwise!
@saulf.4678 3 жыл бұрын
Hahaha, that's just what I was thinking! It's one of those songs that lets you know you NEED to get better at a certain technique, in order to play it and make it sound good.
@BSIII 3 жыл бұрын
Some of SRV's tone comes from his insane muting ability when soloing. He banged on all the strings for one note, and it thickened up that note like rue in gravy.
@MooseyFate100 3 жыл бұрын
Jack White is also really good at this I think
@MikeyBakerMusic 3 жыл бұрын
Cold Shot is the tune that really made me realize how important this is.
@SnookiePookums9 3 жыл бұрын
Roux?
@MooseyFate100 3 жыл бұрын
@@MikeyBakerMusic Playing the Pride and Joy verse riff properly requires lots of this
@leegilbert5804 3 жыл бұрын
@@SnookiePookums9 You'll rue the day...
@HeathenwoodOfficial 3 жыл бұрын
Muting is especially important for distortion. Its common knowledge but as a beginner, I never heard how bad it sounded when I let unwanted strings ring.
@seaoftranquility7228 3 жыл бұрын
Me too, in fact as a beginner I thought distortion was the last tone you needed to worry about stray notes. So wrong of course.
@TheNinnyfee 3 жыл бұрын
You're just too excited to play something, and sometimes you just focus on other things like the strumming rhythms. And that's ok for beginners, you need new goals like muting down the road.
@Vyrall-nk2xd 3 жыл бұрын
When people learn the very basics of guitar, open/ cowboy chords, it is highly stressed not to touch a single other string in any way, shape, or form. “In absolutely no way can you touch any of these other strings if you want to play an open C chord. Only touch the fretted notes. You can’t mute any other strings if you want to play cleanly.” We have to internalize that and make it an ingrained and automatic habit. Then when you get more advanced, you have to throw that out the window because you realize that half the time, pros play only parts of open chords and chord fragments and so many lead lines and chordal lead guitar riffs require your fingers to touch the other strings. Now it’s “you have to touch every other string if you want to play cleanly.” I think this is why it’s hard to mute: it goes against the foundations of technique we learn as basic beginners.
@alestev24 3 жыл бұрын
Very true. Great point. You search for clear tones on all six strings, or at least five for years, and all of a sudden, you are supposed to do the opposite.
@rexwave4624 3 жыл бұрын
On bass, after I learned how to mute everything all the time, I sounded too controlled, especially if chords were needed, so I learned how not to mute and let the strings ring where needed.
@classygary 3 жыл бұрын
Use your ears and let your fingers do the talking
@redmed10 3 жыл бұрын
You've got to know the rules before you can break them.
@Chuck-U-Farlie 3 жыл бұрын
this is probably the MOST important lesson for anyone who gets a few years in to their playing/ writing. It's not just about the notes you play, but also the notes you don't play. Look at a player like Kurt Cobain. there is no way he could play with the amount of gain he used unless he had a mastery of which notes of the chords he wanted to play and which he didn't. I would add that the pick attack itself can help with this, as eventually you learn that you don't need to hit all six strings on every strum, but may only want to hit the three low strings on the down strum, and the three high strings on the up strum. It really does separate a real musician playing a song on an acoustic from that friend of yours playing around the campfire. This realization completely changed my playing.
@charlesthebrit 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks Rick! I’m just started learning guitar to help my songwriting. Excellent teaching!!
@cesardmora86 3 жыл бұрын
I'm sorry, but Kurt Cobain is not a good example of a clean player. He was a very good example on how to play noisy and still sounds great. He was dirty. If you play his songs with a clean technique, it does not sounds good, you cannot reach the nirvana.
@alt9162 3 жыл бұрын
Really not with you on this example, just check out some live videos. He was awsome although his playing was messy!
@DeadpoolX9 3 жыл бұрын
@@cesardmora86 also I think a lot of the notes/chords he played happened to sound great with open strings.
@Chuck-U-Farlie 3 жыл бұрын
@Cesar Mora i don't know what you mean by 'clean player' but if you mean that he couldn't sound exactly the way he wanted to, then i would disagree with that. I used him as an example specifically because many people think that he 'sucked at guitar'. My contention is that he liked how he sounded and strove for that sound. You yourself said that you have to play the way he did in order to sound like he did.
@luckydog-287 3 жыл бұрын
It is becoming more clear just why I am not a rock star.
@seaoftranquility7228 3 жыл бұрын
Muting schmuting, right. 👍
@sweetnsourchick1761 3 жыл бұрын
Who wants to be a rock star, anyway? All that money, fame, lots of attention from the opposite sex. Oh, . . . yeah. Me? 😒
@alfonsomunoz4424 3 жыл бұрын
I suck at guitar and my hair is perpetually in the awkward stage between too short and too long.
@luckydog-287 3 жыл бұрын
@@alfonsomunoz4424 - I would not have been able to post that, about having hair.
@AFloodofSolaceJohnWhigham 3 жыл бұрын
Lol
@BecomeTheKnight 3 жыл бұрын
I feel attacked, Rick
@gwkonyoutube 3 жыл бұрын
Me googling "how to play piano" after watching this
@AFloodofSolaceJohnWhigham 3 жыл бұрын
@@gwkonyoutube that’s too funny.
@HeathenwoodOfficial 3 жыл бұрын
Your playing is very good Mike.
@yonitznkc 3 жыл бұрын
You’re not alone.
@AFloodofSolaceJohnWhigham 3 жыл бұрын
@@yonitznkc lol.
@NorthsideJonnyBeato 3 жыл бұрын
I’m so glad I showed you how to do this long ago!
@MichaelBazik 3 жыл бұрын
Underrated comment :D
@Matt-1d 3 жыл бұрын
Being self-taught, and having played exclusively acoustic for 22 years, I never knew this was a thing. Then I started playing electric, and the unplayed strings rang out horribly. So learning how to mute quickly became imperative, and I've been working on it for the past two years. This video was the most useful I've seen about teaching specific techniques for muting under different circumstances.
@thewhim8151 3 жыл бұрын
Rick: goes from a G power to a C power chord Me: IT'S MORE THAN A FEEEEELIIIIIIIIIING
@BobbyGanoosh 3 жыл бұрын
My ears were hearing anarchy in the UK the whole time :D
@thewhim8151 3 жыл бұрын
@@freesk8 Boston used the I, IV, vi and V chord progression before it was cool...("cool" as in "outrageously overused")
@alekblaser 3 жыл бұрын
Kiss kiss Molly’s lips
@thewhim8151 3 жыл бұрын
@@evansteidtman962 Which one? More Than A Feeling goes G-C-em-D
@davefiano4172 3 жыл бұрын
I was worried I’d never get this, but then I stopped fretting about it.
@bt8593 3 жыл бұрын
Please pin this, Rick.
@frigginjerk 3 жыл бұрын
YES! Ten points for you, sir.
@CMM5300 3 жыл бұрын
Best comment
@davefiano4172 3 жыл бұрын
I finally landed one lol.
@SeekerGoOn2013 3 жыл бұрын
You must stop right there!!
@nostro1001 3 жыл бұрын
"Getting the angle right with your finger," now there's some solid advice! 😊
@elrincondelaguitarra3050 3 жыл бұрын
I agree. Learning this is EXTREMELY IMPORTANT. It took me a while to get the basics of this. Even now, whenever my playing's sloppy, it's because I'm not paying attention to mute properly. And yeah, It IS difficult but keep at it. You will be rewarded, guaranteed!
@Smudger654 3 жыл бұрын
Excellent Rick! Probably your most important lesson in a long time. I've been trying to get this stuff over to my students for years. I've tried to get over to them that this is often the main reason why their playing doesn't sound as good as they want it to - particularly when they record themselves. I've also warned them that there is relatively little coverage of this important subject on the Internet. At least I can point them at something now. By the way, I often like to draw a comparison between the guitar and the piano, which is of course damped by default, and where you have to press the sustaining pedal to allow the strings to ring.
@laneadamson5686 3 жыл бұрын
String muting is important, but don't fret about it.
@depatterson7357 3 жыл бұрын
Badum tish.
@davemiller6055 3 жыл бұрын
One thing you should take note of is that string muting is key.
@grizelda4526 3 жыл бұрын
Yes! Your video about how important this is for bass players is always in my head.
@luckysmile7060 3 жыл бұрын
Most important guitar video of the year and the best invested 10minutes if everyone's practicing it. THIS is influencing. So many thousand guitar videos on gear on KZfaq, but this awareness about muting is essential to be placed into the minds. Thank you Rick!
@MikeMastropierro 3 жыл бұрын
“You don’t want to do that because it sounds like a mess.” - Rick Beato, 2020
@SW-fn7cl 3 жыл бұрын
Its my mess though Rick!
@AFloodofSolaceJohnWhigham 3 жыл бұрын
Class act.
@vicentcarro 3 жыл бұрын
Put this in epitaph
@cjstevens6405 3 жыл бұрын
I'm curious about this statement though, because with the chord position he's in when he says that, if he frets instead of mutes all the strings in line with his index finger, it's a straight Am chord, rather than a flat-out "mess"
@AFloodofSolaceJohnWhigham 3 жыл бұрын
@@cjstevens6405 now that is attention to detail.
@BeinBollom110 3 жыл бұрын
i was just getting into string muting when playing single notes and this video comes out. Thanks Rick :)
@8MinuteAxe 3 жыл бұрын
Great lesson Rick. I've been doing a lot of Doc Watson/Chet Atkins alternating bass with a thumb pick and proper muting is extremely important to the sound. It definitely takes a very specific amount of palm muting to articulate the note without it fully resonating. And for sure, muting is essential for those Wes style octaves. The intro to the Road Song is a great workout for those looking to get into octave soloing. I really appreciate it. Take care! -Mark
@paulking283 3 жыл бұрын
Another excellent lesson from Rick.
@justinhowell3527 3 жыл бұрын
Its very Zen really, "to play like a master, one must master the art of not playing many strings"
@OneGuitarist 3 жыл бұрын
Excellent points, Rick. The amount of muscle memory knowledge you need to control a high gain amp really makes you clean up your playing and your muting skills. It's very unforgiving, which is exactly what you want for practicing and growing in your playing because any and all mistakes are glaringly obvious. Great video, man!
@josephrigley8974 3 жыл бұрын
@Rodney McMinge also shows up a bunch of others.
@johnjacoLMSW 3 жыл бұрын
I totally, totally agree! I picked this up from my guitar teacher when I was 12. I'm 56 now and it is the most important technique for all string players.
@JSW793 3 жыл бұрын
I love how varied of an impression I get from your videos. Most of them are things I need to learn that keep my ego in check, then there's the occasional video like this that boosts my self-confidence. It's nice to see a technique I taught myself in the last 12 years called "pro" by one of the greatest music teachers on KZfaq.
@RC32Smiths01 3 жыл бұрын
After playing for 3 years now, muting is still something really difficult to do. Learning and mastering it helps rhythm and lead playing with enhance tenfold.
@zunapalooza 3 жыл бұрын
After playing for 35 years now, muting is still something really difficult to do. So naturally, I had to get a 7 string to make it even harder.
@RC32Smiths01 3 жыл бұрын
@@zunapalooza Ahh haha. Yeah it's definitely difficult. But it can be done!
@RC32Smiths01 3 жыл бұрын
@@maelvogue Cheers man!
@ThomasBrandoGreenman 3 жыл бұрын
this is a subject I've wanted to know more about for a long time
@Dubravko_Sabolic 3 жыл бұрын
I don't tape the strings to mute them. I loosely tie a sock at the top of the fretboard, to the lowest possible place where it is not in the way. It works awesomely.
@gobuns2 3 жыл бұрын
Hmm, I thought about doing this but it seems like running away from learning muting to me :D
@galelongputt 3 жыл бұрын
That only works if you don't plan on playing any chords that need open strings to ring out.
@alanjamesh.zamorano1677 3 жыл бұрын
You instantly lose 20 respect points among seasoned players with that move
@jamesp9141 3 жыл бұрын
That's a trick shredders use. They'll put a scrunchy/pony tail holder behind the nut.
@jamesp9141 3 жыл бұрын
@Rodney McMinge That's classic, I 'am writing that one down!
@TundraMan 3 жыл бұрын
When people ask me what the difference is between playing acoustic guitar and electric guitar, I say the main thing I've noticed is that with an acoustic you have to focus on playing the strings you want to hear. With an electric you have to focus on muting the strings you don't want to hear.
@thehoser55 3 жыл бұрын
I grew up learning guitar on acoustic. I spent a lot of time pounding out open/cowboy chords on all 6 strings. I found the transition to electric guitar to be very frustrating. I thought it would be easy but it was always a noisy mess. Took me a long time to finally figure out how to get control of the strings on an electric and how important string muting was.
@MichaelBazik 3 жыл бұрын
@@thehoser55 That is the place I am now... I started playing a while ago but never upgraded from a TERRIBLE (never setup) acoustic. I used to think action was for pros and low action was for bums.... Now my picking on a nice acoustic or any electric is SO bad. Super aggressive. All this is also why my dynamics are trash (well, that and a lack of playing ability lol)
@thehoser55 3 жыл бұрын
@@MichaelBazik I used to be very ham handed as well. It took way less work to play on an electric than I had ever imagined. The touch took a while to develop. I even played on really thick strings (13s) for a while to help with the transition. I play 10s now. Thinking about going to 9s or maybe even lighter now that I have the dynamics under control. Light strings are fun to play once you learn you don’t have to strangle them. The book that really helped me was “Single String Studies for Guitar” by Sal Salvador. That, a metronome and about 15 minutes or more a day really got my hands in sync and under control. The Guitar Grimoire Exercise book is also another great option. Keep practicing and it will come. If I can do it anyone can. Good luck!
@jamesmurphy9630 3 жыл бұрын
5:57 Rick: 'That's insane, right? You just have to get gud.'
@tung-x 3 жыл бұрын
Comment muting is also important :-P
@mikekohary1075 3 жыл бұрын
Couldn't agree more. I actually reached an advanced level of playing without paying much attention to string muting, and after a while I noticed that I just didn't sound as "clean" as my favorite players. My right hand was working things pretty well, but I guess nobody ever told me how important the left hand was to making things sound polished, and so I just never paid attention to that. When I finally figured it out, I worked on it, and in about 6 months I went from kind of messy to crystal clear, and the difference was amazing. I emphasize left-hand muting with all my students and it helps them sound nice and polished too. I would agree that this is one of the most important things to learn, if not THE most important thing.
@WillyPDX94 3 жыл бұрын
I've learned how to left hand mute when playing some standard chords that omit one or two strings, but I've had trouble when playing single notes and double stops because there are so many strings you don't want to ring out. Thank you so much for demonstrating how this is done and also for validating my instinctive suspicion that this is an important skill. I remember one teacher who I asked about muting, and he pushed back and said I shouldn't concern myself with it.
@luckyfaz9614 3 жыл бұрын
Been playing in reggae bands for 20 years. Not possible without knowing how to mute with both palm and strings.
@ivank563 3 жыл бұрын
“This seems really complex because it is” Rick Beato
@maxandmoose 3 жыл бұрын
I was starting think I was just a moron and it was a little too much about 5 seconds before he said that :)
@martinjjtaylor9129 2 жыл бұрын
I’m a very strong and confident singer, but I’ve always been self conscious about my guitar playing because of my inability to control extraneous string noise. Thank you for this video I’m going to practice this for the next two weeks. Also I have really enjoyed a bunch of your videos and plan on getting your book. Thank you, again 🙏
@extasis1111 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the lesson Rick
@FrankNawrot 3 жыл бұрын
This is a nice video. To the young guitarists watching this: it is of equal importance to be able to pick with accuracy. You should be able to pick a power chord, or any chord, in the manner Rick lays out here-you should also be able to pick chords without your pick touching the other strings. If your goal is to only play aggressive rock riffs, you can probably ignore my comment.
@JKenjiLopezAlt 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks Rick. My big problem is hitting extraneous strings with my fingertips or nails when I’m doing really heavy bends. Frequently I’ll accidentally pluck one of the lower strings when releasing a bend, which is OK acoustic but sounds really bad with any kind of distortion. Any advice?
@vincentsmit8436 3 жыл бұрын
omg I have the exact same, it's so frustrating
@varunagrawal7036 3 жыл бұрын
@@vincentsmit8436 same
@drumsruan 3 жыл бұрын
Same. I've always wondered about this..
@arthurxafis 3 жыл бұрын
You have to mute with your picking hand with bends, it’s pretty similar to palm muting!
@Henry-uv9xu 3 жыл бұрын
I would have never expected to see you here! Love your videos.
@alancosens 3 жыл бұрын
He's right. The greats are great at muting. After 30 years of playing, I've concluded that the hardest thing to do well is mute unwanted noise, especially when bending with a lot gain. I was actually thinking about this the other day before seeing this video. You bend into other strings and strings sound when releasing bends or with wide vibrato. It's easy to play FAST, though it takes some time to work up to high speeds. Playing FAST without ANY additional string noise is NOT easy. Playing very fast with lots of wide bends without ANY additional noise is nearly impossible when playing very loud with high gain. Always practice with an amp turned up fairly loud. If you practice electric unplugged a lot, you'll find that when you plug in and turn up you are a very "noisy" player.
@TheBoxBand 3 жыл бұрын
I never had a guitar teacher. I am a self educated musician. but I instinctually learned this just by listening to music and watching live shows and trying to mimic the guitar players. muting is one of the most techniques which helps creating new ideas when improvising. I hope you make another video for electric guitars. thanks Rick.
@johntousseau9380 3 жыл бұрын
"You just have to get gud." -Rick Beato, 2020
@betrulyyou 3 жыл бұрын
Right 😂
@joshtonkin7684 3 жыл бұрын
Haha was looking for this comment
@nozziebear8478 3 жыл бұрын
This is cool stuff a lot of players don’t think about. Very useful and practical tips.
@thomasmorelli9271 3 жыл бұрын
I agree...have played for 46 years, 40 years in bands. Muting is the process of taking away what's not wanted/needed. Like sculpting - taking away what doesn't belong, and you have a statue! In my early teens I didn't take lessons but played with some older really good guitarists and noticed this technique and how clean they played. LOVE your posts, and thanks for this one.
@bazgolin1036 3 жыл бұрын
Rick, you mentioned ‘getting the right angle’. I think the key to this is that we all learn to play chords and notes with our fingertips, and quite often you need to go below the tip to mute successfully. That gives you the angle to soft touch neighbouring strings and mute them. Advanced muting really kicks in when trying to cover Wes Montgomery or George Benson ‘C’ shaped octaves where you have 2 strings muted between 2 fretted strings. Perhaps that’s a Muting Pt2 video?
@philcarpenter 3 жыл бұрын
I've picked up the guitar like 4 or 5 times in my life but always end up not having the time to devote to it. If acoustic guitar was a skill you could buy I'd pay damn good money to have it. I need to pick another one up and just chill with it for a while. I never was any good but maybe I can get some nice easy stuff to relax with. Thanks Rick!
@arlo2203 3 жыл бұрын
learning guitar comes down to ONE simple word: "passion'. can't tell u how many times friends/family have asked me to teach them how to play. i always say no. if they ask a 4th time, i know they've got "some" passion. i will not bother with someone who thinks they want to learn. we're both pissing in the wind. i will teach someone who is burning with desire... who must start NOW! if you have passion, you will learn. same in golf, chess, or any other pursuit.
@DylanL69 3 жыл бұрын
Its just practice thats all and it will probably take you 2 weeks to get it somewhat
@hanreality.7266 3 жыл бұрын
Treat yourself to some lessons to get you started and motivated!
@chrisjames1924 3 жыл бұрын
*Can’t Stop* by RHCP is a good song to demonstrate this technique. It’s a simple, repetitive riff but my god it’s DIFFICULT.
@richardharmer7933 3 жыл бұрын
Couldn't agree more!
@lightninray 3 жыл бұрын
Def good suggestion, I remember learning that one way back when.
@kevinjones1942 3 жыл бұрын
He does a cover of New Dawn Fades by Joy Division too which also requires a lot of muting. I just learned Skin Blues by him which has a pretty fast paced bit in it which requires a lot of muting. These three have definitely assisted with my muting!
@bits-of-bass 3 жыл бұрын
Voodoo Child too... I also like to practice playing random melodies or bass parts while strumming all strings -- regardless of the original song. I sometimes practice the same thing using octaves too.
@SuitcaseJohnny 3 жыл бұрын
Cool lesson! I’ve been playing guitar for many years, and I’m no virtuoso, but this is one thing I sort of did instinctively. No one ever showed me, or even told me to do it. I thought it just sounded better. I picked up my guitar when you started showing how you do it, and I do EXACTLY the same thing! Made me feel like I know what I’m doing for a second! Heheh!
@danielmoss2394 3 жыл бұрын
I love how you say “it’s insane”, or “it’s extremely complex”, then proceed to do the impossible with that sly smirk of yours...you are a true pro Mr. Beato.
@solomonleonard3915 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much. I'm getting into the Acoustic Guitar and this was so great.
@yusuftor 3 жыл бұрын
If you’re a beginner I’d say before muting you need to make sure you sync your hands so that you hit the right string at the right time. That way you only really need to mute the surrounding strings rather than all of them. But I agree with everything else that you said!
@DylanL69 3 жыл бұрын
Yup thats a good tip
@DodgeDartSongs 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you Rick for giving string muting its due. It’s a very overlooked and undervalued skill.
@man0war9993 3 жыл бұрын
I would say classical finger picking. So much versatility in chord shapes, implied multiple harmonies, and dynamic control. Can truly fill out an entire song with that technique alone and will not sound empty or like it’s missing something. Of course that’s a direct response to the video title 😎👍🏻
@danielflintknapping 3 жыл бұрын
This is the only guitar technique that comes natural to me, everything else i have to struggle with 🤣
@retired4365 3 жыл бұрын
That's why my big hand ass went to playing the bass. 😉😂🤣
@Wolf-Spirit_Alpha-Sigma 3 жыл бұрын
@@retired4365 Speaking of which. I pretty much learned to automatically mute with my fingers thanks to playing bass, on which it is even more important than on a guitar, if you don't wanna sound like a complete noob. Surprisingly, that basic bass skill translates well to a guitar.
@bldallas 3 жыл бұрын
I agree 100%!
@TheMurrblake 3 жыл бұрын
Same for me!
@hendrix5757 3 жыл бұрын
@@Wolf-Spirit_Alpha-Sigma that's actually a notable point! Learning/playing bass guitar, in particularly finger style, will naturally incorporate various left & right muting techniques as a component within an arrangement, riff, and/or groove, as opposed to primarily focusing on cleaner execution for guitar!
@jeremyschiesser7086 3 жыл бұрын
This needs to be displayed at every guitar center from the moment they open until the sun burns out
@robpatterson9576 3 жыл бұрын
Rick, when I moved from piano to bass a number of years ago this concept was instantly evident to to me. This one is timely as Santa gave my daughter a guitar this year. Thank you.
@hubbabiggums429 3 жыл бұрын
Rick, please do a pan of your whole studio if you haven’t already. Love your teaching!
@tomstewart932 3 жыл бұрын
Awesome video, Rick!
@johantaharin491 3 жыл бұрын
malaysia says gd mng🇲🇾🎄🎅..merry xmas and a happy new year.
@jordandangelo180 3 жыл бұрын
Tom Bukovac is a master of this technique and I’ve really been noticing in his plying. Awesome to now see this lesson from Rick.
@ZeugmaP 3 жыл бұрын
I've actually picked up some of the left-hand techniques by watching people play, thanks for explaining everything !
@motnoswad107 3 жыл бұрын
Really can't thank you enough for the free education
@countersign 3 жыл бұрын
Most important lesson in music is how to make less noise. Seems appropriate.
@natetolbert3671 3 жыл бұрын
Yes, the best musician is the one who knows what not to play.
@ahmadaljassem5068 3 жыл бұрын
The reason why i love your video is because you get into the topic in the very first of the video unlike other youtubers who take almost 5 minutes to get into their video's topic
@TWMTWM-eb1lw 3 жыл бұрын
Rick, the second thing you are teaching but didn't say is "the rake". SRV was the master of the rake. Both Cory Congilio and Texas Blues Alley show great rake lessons. You showed the how and those guys show the why. If you want to sound like Stevie it's a must. Like you said it is essential in rock and blues playing. The best example of the octave you showed is Mike Campbell's opening on "American Girl". Classic.
@zackkotzias3304 3 жыл бұрын
You should do a video like this but for muting on bass!
@jpdrumming92 3 жыл бұрын
Another one is: don't fret too hard so you don't bend the notes.
@sweetnsourchick1761 3 жыл бұрын
Guilty! ✋
@ivanfoofoo 3 жыл бұрын
Yes! I had this issue when I started playing with an electric guitar with jumbo frets
@natetolbert3671 3 жыл бұрын
I often fret too hard. I end up hurting my fingers way too early and just have to play through to keep practicing. Don't get me wrong, the searing pain coming from my fingertips is a good reminder, it always just comes too late. XD
@peetemmeetem4677 3 жыл бұрын
I learned this technique years ago when teaching myself “Cheap Sunglasses” by ZZ Top. I found myself doing it all the time after that and my playing went to another whole level. When we played our biggest live gig at a major civic center (about 8,000 - 10,000 people - not bragging, just providing context) with a HUGE sound system, the muting technique allowed me to sound very powerful and yet clean. I quit sounding sloppy and really, started sounding “professional”. So I can’t say enough to everyone how important this is to advancing your playing. It’s really that big a deal. Especially on a distorted electric. Many thanks for Rick and this lesson! There’s a reason his channel is one of the best things on the web right now.
@Buccarado 3 жыл бұрын
That's why we love Beato. No clickbait, even gives the gist in the description.
@pawnhearts8785 3 жыл бұрын
What Makes This Song Great? “The Things We Do for Love” by 10cc
@maced640 3 жыл бұрын
I've been playing guitar for quite a while now. And I still have problems with muting at times.
@carcharias 3 жыл бұрын
THANK YOU for this! I’ve had this question for years and not even my teacher could voice it. Nothing on KZfaq clearly states this either. Thank you!
@defiense 3 жыл бұрын
" This seems so complex because it is but you need to know this" . Wise words appreciate your insight rick I've overlooked this
@Factless_Wonder 3 жыл бұрын
I showed a friend of mine I've been teaching the basics to these exact things a few weeks ago! I had no idea you considered it the most important guitar technique. Theory can always come later.
@hendrix5757 3 жыл бұрын
Well theory doesn't coincide with technique, for theory focuses solely on the craft applicable to any/all melodious instruments, and technique exclusively applies to mastering the technical facility of a specific instrument. Nonetheless, I'm not in contention with your closing statement. Theory can wait!
@celebrityjeremy3559 3 жыл бұрын
This is the most useful video on the Interwebs.
@VonArx_ 3 жыл бұрын
Hey Rick. Im a fourteen year old aspiring blues guitarist and I’ve been teaching myself to play guitar for three years now. Your channel has helped me a lot by giving me inspirations from your top ten solos list, riffs lists and your what makes this song great series. I want to thank you for that and I also want to ask do u have any advice that you would give me?that would be great thanks.
@funky_monk_9796 3 жыл бұрын
Great lesson Rick, thank you so much! I'm learning now that each hand is doing at least 2 different things at the same time. Ultimate brain training, and music is the end result. Win!
@ChrisInNashville 3 жыл бұрын
1,000th!!! Oops...😬 Seriously, though - amen on this! When I started teaching myself to play at age 11 or 12, somehow this came naturally to me and I wasn't even aware of what I was doing because I didn't have instructional books/internet/KZfaq... just me, a Guitar, record/tape/radio and desire to learn. Didn't know if I was doing anything right/wrong/neutral...(some things I still don't know what I'm doing! 😂😂😂). But string muting IS essential and key in playing Guitar! Great video and lesson, Rick!!!
@michaelshearer3559 3 жыл бұрын
Muting has always been one of my stronger suites, however single note lines, and even octaves don't necessarily require you to hit all 6 strings, often times you get by with just 3 or 4 strings. It really depends on the style you are going for and the attack. Frusciante does the whole 6 string approach very well on a lot of RHCP albums. Sounds especially good on cleaner to mild overdrive tones, because it really gives it that edge. If new young players can learn string muting, and string vibrato early on they will be in great shape as they develop.
@million_heir5298 3 жыл бұрын
I really wish Rick did more examples of actual songs. Octaves and power chords are some of the easier examples of muting. I kept waiting for him to bust out a song, but he probably didn’t want this one to get demonitized.
@fenixiliusstrife1253 Жыл бұрын
Can't Stop is a perfect example of this. He is strumming all 6 strings during much of it but only allows the exact ones he needs to ring out. It adds a unique rough effect to each note. Frusciante is also an excellent example of using the thumb to mute the low strings.
@littlebellini 3 жыл бұрын
Muting is so important but nobody taught it to me. I had to figure it out for myself. This video is helping all of my students!!!
@idoob4720 3 жыл бұрын
Great lesson. One of the most important ways for me to mute is if I'm bending with the 3rd finger, to avoid accidentally making the next string chime out because my finger touched it during the bend, or on the release of a bend. I extend the index finger to mute the next strings up. So if I'm bending the 3rd string, I would extend my index to mute the 4th, 5th and 6th strings. It kind of feels comfortable to extend the index finger out like that while bending with the 3rd finger, with the 2nd finger on the string for support.
@vladimpala1859 3 жыл бұрын
I thought I was going to hear Rick say, "Hey everybody, I'm Johnny Cash."
@hanreality.7266 3 жыл бұрын
Vlad Impala I love your name! Currently imagining a vicious gazelle.
@DesSherwoodGuitarTuition 3 жыл бұрын
But instead he said "Hey everybody, I'm Rick Beatos" Play it again and you'll see! lol
@unclespeedy 3 жыл бұрын
Damn, hitting extraneous notes was the only thing I could do well.
@hanreality.7266 3 жыл бұрын
kind of like bonus notes. I do it too!
@smoorej 3 жыл бұрын
I consider it a win when I play any chord without extraneous notes.
@isaiahmarquez9717 3 жыл бұрын
@@hanreality.7266 BONUS NOTES! 🤣
@hanreality.7266 3 жыл бұрын
Isaiah Marquez yes, either that, or I miss the top strings.
@echoarcade_nj 3 жыл бұрын
Growing up playing mainly rhythm in punk, ska and reggae.. folks usually tell me I mute too much.. and I guess my fingers are small so my pinky finger is stronger than my ring finger (in most cases). I wish this format was around in the mid-late 90s when I was learning! Still you create great videos and honestly this is easily one of the best channels on you tube!
@anthonyaswe4174 3 жыл бұрын
An excellent example of string muting was “Mrs Robinson”-particularly the version in the film, as opposed to the 45 single version. The muted strumming, with the syncopated rhythm, really give the song a different feel.
@cookergronkberg 3 жыл бұрын
RHCP's Can't Stop is a good song to practice muting.
@Swordshreader 3 жыл бұрын
Great video!!!
@mikeralff8238 3 жыл бұрын
thanks! I've been a bass player for 35 + years, and I'm picking up guitar for a show I'm writing. Very useful info!
@muzicman1952 3 жыл бұрын
On playing octaves, thank you for NOT stressing that the 3rd finger had to play the top(higher) note like Wes Montgomery did on the lower strings. So many guys out there STRESS this. I've been playing for 55 years years. Since learning "Bumpin' On Sunset", when it came out, I've ALWAYS used my pinky to play octaves on the lower strings. THANK YOU!!!
@DocRobotKey 3 жыл бұрын
The intro to Run Like Hell is Dave Gilmore Playing Muted through his Pedals...
@DocRobotKey 3 жыл бұрын
@@jsullivan2112 Agreed but still muting. Is that a Mute (moot) point? lol
@DocRobotKey 3 жыл бұрын
@@jsullivan2112 Okay.
@Jopeymessmusic 3 жыл бұрын
"You just need to get gud" Rick confirmed a dark souls fan.
@marcuspayne2426 3 жыл бұрын
LOL, my muting needs so much work. String muting was the example I thought of and then thought "nah, that's waaaaay too basic for a Rick Beato video, there's no way that's it." Thank you for everything Rick, and I hope your Christmas was a good one.
@1111MJR 3 жыл бұрын
I was forced by a left hand injury to play slide for a few months until I had it operated on and recovered. Improved my muting technique, especially with my right hand no end because if you don’t do it, slide-playing sounds awful, but it’s really helped.
@XistoKente 3 жыл бұрын
0:01 "I'm Rick Beatos" tell me someone heard it too
@DylanL69 3 жыл бұрын
I did
@hanreality.7266 3 жыл бұрын
“Rick Beato’s clone” maybe?
@8MinuteAxe 3 жыл бұрын
It's just the editing. He used a smooth cut function and the s from so was slightly cut into end of Beato. You'll notice how his head moves to the right a little too. I use it all the time, especially for intros where I sometimes trip over the easiest stuff. :)
@6ddevil 3 жыл бұрын
I found Srv’s Cold shot to be a good song to learn muting.
@antonioarcudi1897 3 жыл бұрын
I read that as Sars-Cov 19...
@johnwehby7371 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the progressive approach to gaining string muting proficiency. It's good to have a game plan for improving.
@Kickaha 3 жыл бұрын
Great simple lesson that doesn't get talked about enough. That's why Rick's the best! I remember the first time a friend showed me how to play octaves. It was like opening Marcellus Wallace' briefcase and finding the secret to playing punk rock riffs!
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